Phil Emery

Waves of sports cars, SUVs and maybe even a conversion van will roll into Bourbonnais on July 29 as the Bears report for coach John Fox's first training camp. Optimism overflowed the last time the Bears convened at Olivet Nazarene University. Many believed if the team could patch enough defensive holes to complement Marc Trestman's high-octane offense, Chicago would have a contender. That theory went down in flames, of course. A dysfunctional 5-11 campaign prompted ownership to gut the team. Out went general manager Phil Emery and Trestman. In came GM Ryan Pace and Fox. In some ways, the Bears are back to square one. Their defense will feature a 3-4 base front for the first...

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Brad Biggs: A fascinating offseason is ahead for the Bears with more than half of the roster coming out of contract. GM Phil Emery has some heavy lifting to do in the months ahead and it's going to be very interesting to follow.

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Waves of sports cars, SUVs and maybe even a conversion van will roll into Bourbonnais on July 29 as the Bears report for coach John Fox's first training camp.
Optimism overflowed the last time the Bears convened at Olivet Nazarene University. Many...

Bears Chairman George McCaskey paused, looked down and gathered himself. On Dec. 30, a day after the Bears lost their fifth consecutive game to finish with their worst record (5-11) in a decade, McCaskey sat at a news conference called to announce a...

With two days left in the 2014 regular season, the Bears gave Roberto Garza a one-year contract extension, a transaction that seemed on the surface to be another vote of confidence in the veteran center's ability and locker room influence.
In...

No doubt the Bears could have traded Jay Cutler if they desired.
Trading his contract wasn't going to happen though and so the two sides — after the team spent some additional time to consider options after the NFL scouting combine last month — are going...

It was the day the Bears introduced free-agent pass rusher Pernell McPhee.
But it was all about Jay Cutler.
"Jay is our quarterback," said Ryan Pace, the way Lovie Smith said, the way Marc Trestman said, the way Jerry Angelo said, the way Phil...

One of the Chicago Bears’ analytics guys has left.
The Denver Broncos announced that they have hired Mitch Tanney as director of football analytics, a new position the organization has created under team president John Elway. Tanney will be responsible...

Many of you are aware of how the Bears follow my every suggestion, and you’re welcome for the firing of general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman.
But as much as the Bears always have looked to me for guidance and help, I’m here to tell...

Do you see David Fales impressing the new Bears coaching staff and being part of the quarterback talk going into the 2015 season? -- Jim K.; Racine, Wis.
I could see Fales being part of the discussion as a backup for the season ahead, as a No. 2 and more...

The Chicago Bears went with experience when they hired John Fox on Friday to help restore the franchise to respectability. On Monday at Halas Hall, Fox was introduced as the franchise's 15th head coach and the first in club history with previous...

Bears general manager Ryan Pace has begun shaking up the personnel department in his first week on the job.
Kevin Turks, the team’s director of pro personnel for the last two seasons, was let go Monday. He had been with the team since 2001.
Pace came to...

Ryan Pace hit the ground asking questions as general manager, trying to get a sense for how Todd Bowles would fit as the next coach of the Bears.
Thirty minutes into his position as head man of all football operations at Halas Hall, Pace walked into...

The Chicago Bears introduced Ryan Pace as their new general manager Friday morning at Halas Hall. The ceremonial news conference came 11 days after the team fired former GM Phil Emery and head coach Marc Trestman following a disappointing 5-11 season.
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Team president Ted Phillips started the show to introduce Ryan Pace as the Bears new general manager. So, there you go: The Bears lost the press conference on the opening kickoff.
Phillips later said Ryan Pace will report directly to him. Oh well, having...

With additional freedom comes more immediate responsibility for Ryan Pace.
The sixth general manager in Bears history has more options than his predecessor Phil Emery did at the outset. It's what Pace does with his choices in coming days and months...

While interviewing Wednesday to become the Bears general manager, Ryan Pace answered a question about his favorite hobby.
"When Ryan said triathlons and started describing the Ironman in Austria he just completed (in June), he said the Bears guys...

With Ryan Pace officially hired Thursday as the Bears' new general manager, his first order of business will be accelerating the team's search for a new head coach.
Then Pace and his hand-picked coach will have to begin digging into their analysis of the...

As expected, the Chicago Bears found their successor to Phil Emery before the end of the week. But the man many thought would be the team's new general manager won't be at Halas Hall on Friday.Kansas City Chiefs director of player personnel Chris Ballard,...

If the Bears were going to shock the NFL world by luring a highly valued member of the Saints organization who played college football at Eastern Illinois, I would have preferred Sean Payton.But Ryan Pace represents an intriguing alternative, a stark...

You’re early, Todd Bowles. We didn’t expect to see you until Saturday. That’s when you were originally scheduled to interview for the Bears' head-coaching position.
No, that’s when some people had you accepting the job after Chris Ballard was named...

The Chicago Bears took another step in a new direction Thursday, choosing Ryan Pace to become their next general manager.
Pace will be officially introduced as the Bears' new GM at an 11 a.m. news conference Friday at Halas Hall.
Pace, 37, joins the...